Tomato & Avocado Towers

  • 3 avocados – peeled, pitted and chopped
  • 6 large tomatoes – chopped
  • 6 spring onions – thinly sliced
  • 1 small red chilli – finely chopped
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Handful fresh basil – chopped

Tomato sauce

  • 1 x 400g can tomatoes
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 small red chilli

To garnish

  • 4 slices of very thinly cut toast
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • Handful fresh parsley – chopped small

Method

  1. Put chopped tomatoes, basil, and chilli in a bowl and mix well. In another bowl, chop the avocados with the lemon juice and add sliced spring onions. Mix well.
  2. To make the tomato sauce, place all three ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. Leave aside in a bowl.
  3. Make one tower per person. If you don’t have a professional serving ring, you can make your own by cutting the top and bottom off a 400g tin/can to use as a frame. Place serving ring/tin in the middle of each dining plate and spoon in a layer of the avocado mix then the tomato mix. Lift the ring off – carefully! – leaving a tower.
  4. Spoon the tomato sauce around each tower. Top the tower with a quarter of toast and drizzle with a little sesame oil. Sprinkle with a little parsley, salt and freshly ground black pepper.